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In The Dressmaker, Kate Winslet’s Tilly Dunnage brings haute couture-inspired fashions in rich jewel tones and sumptuous fabrics to the women living in the dreary, dusty, rural Australian town of her childhood. The film is set in the early 1950s, when the hour-glass silhouette was in vogue: sloping shoulders, pointed bodices, nipped-in waists, and A-line or hip-hugging pencil skirts. That decade Schreiner of New York made high-quality costume jewelry in rich jewel tones and elegant designs to complement the ‘50s look. These fabulous clip-back earrings are one of his creations. They feature a cluster of faceted round, oval and square deep-red glass stones in a snowflake-like shape. These earrings are as flattering an accessory to today’s fashions as they were to the distinctive style of the ‘50s.

Dressed in her Tilly Dunnage frocks or her own everyday wear, Kate Winslet would look stunning in these earrings, and so would you!

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Barbara Schwartz

TruFaux Jewels founder Barbara Schwartz helps women create their unique personal styles by accessorizing contemporary fashion with vintage jewelry. Her online boutique offers beautiful and unusual pieces from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s that she has collected across Europe and North America. Barbara provides expert styling tips through her blog, social media, and private coaching sessions. A respected jewelry historian, she has lectured on fashion and jewelry history for the Association of Image Consultants International, at two conventions of Costume Jewelry Collectors International (CJCI), and as part of the Jewelry History Series at The Original Miami Antique Show. Her articles have been published online by CJCI, Kovels, and Sixty and Me, and in ADORNMENT: The Magazine of Jewelry & Related Arts. Her own interesting story has also been featured on The Story Exchange. More by Barbara Schwartz